Make sure
Make sure verb - Make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally.
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Most banks, even shady ones, would call to verify such a transfer to make sure it is not fraud.
Source: Series / Orphan Black -
She immediately strips him to verify he didn't get hurt, though she explains that she wanted to make sure he didn't have a Secret Stab Wound.
Source: Manga / Akame ga Kill! -
Make Sure He's Dead: One of the first signs that Helmuth is not your run-of-the-mill pulp villain is the fact that he refuses to take Kinnison's apparent death at face value and explicitly commands his underlings to look for the body to verify.
Source: Literature / Lensman
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